The two editions of Dennis McCarthy’s “The Great Chicago Bar & Saloon Guide” (1978 and 1985) offer snippets and glimpses of wet, wet Chicago from the gaze of one jumpy publican. Introducing the second edition, McCarthy warned, “the newcomer must realize the city has a fierce territoriality as its historical inheritance… Do not wander into the neighborhoods if you do not know where you are going. Ask…Chicagoans may ask me why I have not listed the Artful Dodger or the Get Me High Lounge. These places are in a neighborhood called Wicker Park, at the beginning of the West Side. The reason is that I have eliminated the West Side completely in this edition. The punk gangsters of this part of Chicago have shown a frenzied interest in shooting people with handguns. They do it at a rate which is not surpassed anywhere in the nation. Sorry, West Side. You are not in this book.” (Ray Pride)
Hoosier Savior?: A Pilgrimage to a Sort-of Christian Theme Park in Indiana The Shrine of Christ’s Passion is a multimedia, interactive, half-mile-long prayer trail and sculpture garden. It depicts the route Jesus Christ took to Mount Calvary, just outside the walls of Jerusalem, before He was crucified. The attraction is located in St. John, Indiana.
